Seating

The ideal seating situation for stitching is:

• Two chairs placed at a slight angle. If you are right handed, sit on the right. If you are left handed, sit on the left.
• Hold the tool in front of the person and demonstrate the stitches.

Materials Ready to Go

Establish a habit of cleaning and disinfecting all materials after use.

When materials need to be replaced, do so immediately.

A plastic stitching tool with vinyl lacing is included in the ACLS-6 kit.

The front of the tool is blank and the back has an ACDMweb sticker.

The stitches are made in a clockwise direction.

The red side of the lace is the front side and should be visible. Avoid twists.

The stitching activity is used to differentiate between ACL 3.0 to ACL 5.8.

Planning

Mental energy is used to pause and think through the process.

Instructions

Initially reads through all instructions carefully and asks questions to check understanding before beginning stenciling.

Secondary Effects – Spatial Fit

Anticipates by considering:

Planning

Mental energy is used to pause and think through the process.

Instructions

Initially reads through all instructions carefully and asks questions to check understanding before beginning stenciling.

Sample

The therapist may be asked for design ideas or design ideas may include exploration of surface appearance.

Secondary Effects – Surface appearance

Prevents errors by:

Instructions

Requires a demonstration as well as written instructions to follow.

Re-reads the instructions when errors occur and / or may ask for further verbal explanations.

Sample

Looks at the sample briefly and may or may not choose to follow the sample.

When following the sample, they refer to the edge, use of color, surface properties or spatial arrangements.

When ignoring the sample, they explore different arrangements of the parts of the sample and different colors.

Instructions

Requires a demonstration with verbal instructions and samples to match.

Sample

Uses three or more colors and layers colors but may not blend colors together.

Surface Appearance

Perceives surface appearance to achieve a dry brush effect before they begin stenciling.

Score

The tentative score is ACL 5.2.

Instructions

Requires a demonstration with verbal instructions and samples to match.

Sample

Uses the sample briefly but may not follow it preferring to use their own design as this requires less mental energy.

Neuromuscular Adjustments

Uses neuromuscular adjustment to maintain an up and down tapping action as shown in the demonstration. They spontaneously vary the angle of the brush.

Score

The tentative score is ACL 5.0.

Select the behavior that most closely matches your observations:

If you know their ACL score, select those instructions.

Otherwise, start with the higher scored instructions. If they don't comprehend, use the lower scored instructions.

ACL 5.0 – 5.4

Provide verb instructions whilst demonstrating actions on a scrap piece of paper. Samples are used for generating ideas.

ACL 5.6 – 5.8

Provide the written instructions. Samples may be used if the person asks for more ideas.